Originally Posted by
63rickert
Is it legal in Nevada to drive a motor vehicle 20mph on a posted 75mph highway?
I tried to look up freeway requirements.
https://www.bikeforums.net/21833238-post63.html
As far as I can tell, most western states don't have a minimum freeway speed.
In Oregon, there has been a discussion about driving trucks on hills, and where it is best to drive.
Nevada has an issue with insufficient frontage roads (other states also have places with limited alternatives to the freeway), and thus one might anticipate slow moving heavy equipment on the freeway at times.
For the Nevada cyclists, there is absolutely no way I would ride a bicycle solo in the middle of a freeway lane, except for perhaps short distances carefully getting around an obstruction.
In hindsight, drafting a vehicle at 15 MPH in a traffic lane seems like a very stupid idea. I can't say if I would have done that, but I'd like to think not.
I have thought about my little Fiat 500 as a SAG Wagon. At about 4 feet wide, It would be comfortable driving at 15 MPH on the shoulder. Not much capacity for bikes and riders unless I had a trailer for it. Nonetheless, it isn't designed to take a 75 MPH hit from the rear.
Perhaps the Cinquecento Limo???